At any time after the warrant is issued, the clerk of the justice court or the justice court judge to whom the case is assigned may, upon application of either party, issue subpoenas for witnesses, requiring them to attend court before the justice court judge to whom the case is assigned at the time appointed, to give evidence on the trial.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 56, art. 7(9); 1857, ch. 42, art. 8; 1871, § 1587; 1880, § 2659; 1892, § 4466; 1906, § 5045; Hemingway's 1917, § 3317; 1930, § 3462; 1942, § 1039; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 19.
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